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    Somalia joins East African nations in rejecting Gaza resettlement plans

    Friday March 14, 2025Mogadishu (HOL) — The Somali federal government has categorically rejected reports suggesting that it is in discussions with the United...

    NISA airstrikes kill 41 Al-Shabaab militants in Middle and Lower Shabelle regions

    Friday March 14, 2025Mogadishu (HOL) – The National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA), in coordination with Somali military forces, conducted a series of...

    Somali MPs to summon deputy minister over Al-Shabaab allegations

    Thursday March 13, 2025Somali Deputy Minister of Information Abdirahman Sheikh Yusuf Al-Adaala (foreground) faces mounting pressure from opposition lawmakers (background) after accusing some...

    Somali forces overrun Al-Shabaab stronghold in El Buur offensive

    Thursday March 13, 2025Armed local fighters, alongside Somali security forces, patrol a rural area near Ceelbuur district in the Galgaduud region on March...

    Ethiopia and Eritrea edge closer to war as troops mass at border

    Thursday March 13, 2025Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, left, and Eritrea’s President Isaias Afwerki attend the reopening of the Eritrean embassy in Ethiopia in...

    Somali President calls for peace, dialogue at IGAD summit on South Sudan

    Thursday March 13, 2025Mogadishu (HOL) – Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud participated in the 43rd Extraordinary Virtual Assembly of the Intergovernmental Authority on...

    Ethiopia’s Somali and Afar leaders hold iftar to end territorial dispute

    Thursday March 13, 2025Somali and Afar regional leaders, accompanied by religious figures, walk together in a show of unity during a reconciliation event...

    Himilo Qaran condemns Al-Shabaab attack, blames Somali government for security lapses

    Thursday March 13, 2025Mogadishu (HOL) — The Himilo Qaran Party, led by former president Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, has condemned the recent Al-Shabaab attack...

    Somali forces overrun Al-Shabaab stronghold in Ceelbuur offensive

    Thursday March 13, 2025Armed local fighters, alongside Somali security forces, patrol a rural area near Ceelbuur district in the Galgaduud region on March...

    NISA airstrike in Lower Shabelle region kills two senior Al-Shabaab leaders

    Thursday March 13, 2025Mogadishu (HOL) – The National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) conducted an aerial operation in Jambaluul, Lower Shabelle, on Wednesday,...

    Prime Minister Hamse Abdi Barre visits injured soldiers and civilians in Mogadishu

    Thursday March 13, 2025Mogadishu (HOL) – Prime Minister Hamse Abdi Barre visited the National Army Hospital and Erdogan Hospital on Wednesday night to...

    Puntland reaffirms opposition to Mogadishu’s centralization push, demands reforms

    Wednesday March 12, 2025FILE - Puntland’s Minister of Information, Mahmoud Aydid Dirir, speaks at a press conferenceGarowe (HOL) — The Puntland administration...

    Somali army and local militias battle Al-Shabaab in Middle Shabelle

    Wednesday March 12, 2025Somali government forces and allied local militias advance towards Al-Shabaab positions amid ongoing clashes in Laba Garas, Middle Shabelle region,...

    Somali forces kill 50 militants in airstrikes after ending hotel siege

    Wednesday March 12, 2025By Mohamed Olad HassanIn this image taken from video on March 12, 2025, observers and security officers look over the...

    PICTURES: Somali forces end a 24-hour siege by al-Shabab militants on a hotel, leaving all fighters dead

    Wednesday March 12, 2025By  OMAR FARUKA frame grab from a video taken on Wednesday, March 12, 2025, shows the aftermath of a car...

    Somali lawmaker accuses federal government of diverting army funds to clan militias

    Wednesday March 12, 2025Somali lawmaker Abdullahi Farah Mire (L), who accused government officials of diverting security funds to clan militias in Puntland, and...